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Ai'tl'niedf tous @sind @time LEONARD A. JOHNSON, OF OANDOR, YORK.

LettersPatent N 106,590, dated .August 23, 187 0.V

IMPROVED"FURNITURE-FASTENING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same iup` is a ull, clear, and exact description thereof, which l will enable others'skilled in the art to make and use thc, same, reference heilig had tc the accompany-ing drawing forming part of thisV specification.

This invention relates to improvements ih fasteningsfor the joints ot' bedsteads, and other articles of furniture which are required to lbe taken apart frequently. v

The invention consists in the application tothe side rails, at the ends and onone side, of a cross-piece of wood or metal, havingapair Of'tapered dovetailed lugs, one ateach end, which dt into correspondingly-slniped notches in a piece of wood or metal attached to the post or'part to which the side rail is to be attached, all as liereinaftel'niorc fully described.

Figure l is a bottom view of a post of a bedstead, and a side rail attachedaccording to my invention, and

,'Figure 2s a sectional elevation, the section lbeing taken ou the line a: x of g. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A is the side rail, and

B, the post.

C is a piece of wood or meta-l attached to the side rail A, preferably at the inside and across itat the end.

This'cross-liiiecebas two lugs, D E, projecting from its face inward, one at the upper and the other at the lower end;

These lugs are widest at the uppery ends, Aand taper considerably toward the .lower ends. The tapered walls are under-cut or dovetailed, as shown at a;

The distance between the lower end-ot' the upper one and the upper end of the lower one is notless than the length of one of them, but may be more.

E4 is the piece attached to the postB, on the side, against which the end ofthe side rail A is Vto bear and parallel with the plane the said side railis tol be in.4 Y This piece is provided with two tapered and undercut'notche's, G, suited` for the reception of the lugs D E, by placing them in from the top,and pressing theln downward to wedge them in tight. In order' to insert the lower lug E in the lowerl notch, a large recess, H, is cut into the face of the' piece 11, as fshown intig. 2.

These two pieces, C' and F, are vso shaped upon" the exterior that when locked together the said exa terior parts represent one symmetrical piece, which occupies but little space. p The said fastening may be applied to the frames of tables and other articles of furniture besides bedsteads. t Havingthus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Patentt Theimproved furuiture-istening, consisting of the pieces C and F, theV one C4 being providedwith the two taperedtaud under-cut lugs, l) E, and the one F:

with the corresponding notches G and the recess Il, all substantially as specified. Y

LEONARD A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

EDWIN J ENNINGs, WILLIAM H. ANDREWS. 

